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Biliary tract obstruction

MedGen UID:
96034
•Concept ID:
C0400979
•
Disease or Syndrome; Finding
Synonyms: Biliary Obstruction; Obstruction of biliary tree
SNOMED CT: Obstruction of biliary tree (235918000)
 
HPO: HP:0005230

Definition

Obstruction affecting the biliary tree. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
ACR appropriateness criteria jaundice.
Lalani T, Couto CA, Rosen MP, Baker ME, Blake MA, Cash BD, Fidler JL, Greene FL, Hindman NM, Katz DS, Kaur H, Miller FH, Qayyum A, Small WC, Sudakoff GS, Yaghmai V, Yarmish GM, Yee J
J Am Coll Radiol 2013 Jun;10(6):402-9. Epub 2013 Apr 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2013.02.020. PMID: 23632132
Biliary tract obstruction secondary to cancer: management guidelines and selected literature review.
Lokich JJ, Kane RA, Harrison DA, McDermott WV
J Clin Oncol 1987 Jun;5(6):969-81. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1987.5.6.969. PMID: 3295131

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A systematic review of intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy in the management of malignant biliary tract obstruction and cholangiocarcinoma.
Taggar AS, Mann P, Folkert MR, Aliakbari S, Myrehaug SD, Dawson LA
Radiother Oncol 2021 Dec;165:60-74. Epub 2021 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.10.011. PMID: 34695521
Complications of Biliary Drainage in Patients with Malignant Biliary Obstruction.
Ferraz Gonçalves JA, Rosendo E, Sousa L, Lopes AR, Leão I, Queirós R, Marote S, Sousa MJ
J Gastrointest Cancer 2021 Sep;52(3):1067-1072. Epub 2020 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00541-6. PMID: 33123850
Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
Follicular cholecystitis: clinicopathologic associations.
Salari B, Rezaee N, Toland A, Chatterjee D
Hum Pathol 2019 Jun;88:1-6. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2019.03.003. PMID: 30946935
Pathogenesis of cholangitis in obstructive jaundice-revisited.
Navaneethan U, Jayanthi V, Mohan P
Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2011 Mar;57(1):97-104. PMID: 21372774

Diagnosis

Complications of Biliary Drainage in Patients with Malignant Biliary Obstruction.
Ferraz Gonçalves JA, Rosendo E, Sousa L, Lopes AR, Leão I, Queirós R, Marote S, Sousa MJ
J Gastrointest Cancer 2021 Sep;52(3):1067-1072. Epub 2020 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00541-6. PMID: 33123850
Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
Follicular cholecystitis: clinicopathologic associations.
Salari B, Rezaee N, Toland A, Chatterjee D
Hum Pathol 2019 Jun;88:1-6. Epub 2019 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2019.03.003. PMID: 30946935
A jaundiced patient at the emergency department.
Saarnio J, Kylänpää L, Koskela R
Duodecim 2016;132(18):1693-8. PMID: 29188946
Malignant biliary tract obstruction: evaluation and therapy.
Chu D, Adler DG
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2010 Sep;8(9):1033-44. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0075. PMID: 20876543

Therapy

A systematic review of intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy in the management of malignant biliary tract obstruction and cholangiocarcinoma.
Taggar AS, Mann P, Folkert MR, Aliakbari S, Myrehaug SD, Dawson LA
Radiother Oncol 2021 Dec;165:60-74. Epub 2021 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.10.011. PMID: 34695521
Complications of Biliary Drainage in Patients with Malignant Biliary Obstruction.
Ferraz Gonçalves JA, Rosendo E, Sousa L, Lopes AR, Leão I, Queirós R, Marote S, Sousa MJ
J Gastrointest Cancer 2021 Sep;52(3):1067-1072. Epub 2020 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00541-6. PMID: 33123850
Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
Comparison of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and endoscopic biliary drainage in the management of malignant biliary tract obstruction: a meta-analysis.
Zhao XQ, Dong JH, Jiang K, Huang XQ, Zhang WZ
Dig Endosc 2015 Jan;27(1):137-45. Epub 2014 Sep 24 doi: 10.1111/den.12320. PMID: 25040581
New clinical and toxicological scenario of gammaglutamyltranspeptidase.
Bataller-Sifré R, Guiral-Olivan V, Bataller-Alberola L
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2011 Nov;103(11):586-90. doi: 10.4321/s1130-01082011001100006. PMID: 22149561

Prognosis

Complications of Biliary Drainage in Patients with Malignant Biliary Obstruction.
Ferraz Gonçalves JA, Rosendo E, Sousa L, Lopes AR, Leão I, Queirós R, Marote S, Sousa MJ
J Gastrointest Cancer 2021 Sep;52(3):1067-1072. Epub 2020 Oct 29 doi: 10.1007/s12029-020-00541-6. PMID: 33123850
Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
Pathogenesis of cholangitis in obstructive jaundice-revisited.
Navaneethan U, Jayanthi V, Mohan P
Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2011 Mar;57(1):97-104. PMID: 21372774
Malignant biliary tract obstruction: evaluation and therapy.
Chu D, Adler DG
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2010 Sep;8(9):1033-44. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2010.0075. PMID: 20876543
Drug-induced cholestasis.
Larrey D, Erlinger S
Baillieres Clin Gastroenterol 1988 Apr;2(2):423-52. doi: 10.1016/0950-3528(88)90010-3. PMID: 3044469

Clinical prediction guides

A systematic review of intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy in the management of malignant biliary tract obstruction and cholangiocarcinoma.
Taggar AS, Mann P, Folkert MR, Aliakbari S, Myrehaug SD, Dawson LA
Radiother Oncol 2021 Dec;165:60-74. Epub 2021 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.10.011. PMID: 34695521
Acute cholangitis: Diagnosis and management.
Sokal A, Sauvanet A, Fantin B, de Lastours V
J Visc Surg 2019 Dec;156(6):515-525. Epub 2019 Jun 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jviscsurg.2019.05.007. PMID: 31248783
Clinical determinants of suppurative cholangitis in malignant biliary tract obstruction.
Doganay M, Yuksek YN, Daglar G, Gozalan U, Tutuncu T, Kama NA
Bratisl Lek Listy 2010;111(6):336-9. PMID: 20635678
Biliary tract obstruction. The role of spiral CT in detection and definition of disease.
Wyatt SH, Fishman EK
Clin Imaging 1997 Jan-Feb;21(1):27-34. doi: 10.1016/0899-7071(95)00068-2. PMID: 9117928
Drug-induced cholestasis.
Larrey D, Erlinger S
Baillieres Clin Gastroenterol 1988 Apr;2(2):423-52. doi: 10.1016/0950-3528(88)90010-3. PMID: 3044469

Recent systematic reviews

A systematic review of intraluminal high dose rate brachytherapy in the management of malignant biliary tract obstruction and cholangiocarcinoma.
Taggar AS, Mann P, Folkert MR, Aliakbari S, Myrehaug SD, Dawson LA
Radiother Oncol 2021 Dec;165:60-74. Epub 2021 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2021.10.011. PMID: 34695521

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